Lights, Art ... and Action!

Monday, December 19, 2016
Hiba Moeen
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Rumour
has it that this painting is what got the audiences totally hooked at the
launch of the exhibition because it was a live painting by Bhola Ustad at V. M.Art Gallery which turned out to be the claim of fame
and evoked nostalgia, given the fact that panaflex prints have taken over this
art.

The
title of the exhibition was, ‘Lights, Art, and Action’ and housed the various
artworks by 50 acclaimed artists; the theme was based on the Pakistani Cinema
that has had many splendid works as feathers in the cap. The exhibition
commenced at the end of November and was up until December 10.

Here
are two paintings of Marilyn Monroe by two of the astute Pakistani artists. One
is a desi version of this American actress painted on Banarsi fabric (silk
fabric which is often hand woven in Pakistan) by the young Summaiya Jillani.
She has brilliantly used acrylic colours in a combination of strokes to make
the portrait stand out, follow her on Instagram to see her other pieces of art.

The
other portrait of Marilyn Monroe is by Pervaiz Rana, perfectly done with oils.

Below
is another beautifully done painting by Summaiya, this is again acrylic and the
medium if raw leather. This one is Clint Eastwood if I am not wrong.

Considering,
pen & ink is one of the favourite past times for me as a scribble through
with my hundreds of drawing pens, I simply fell in love with these pen drawings
of Pakistani actors of the past. It’s not easy to draw portraits and drawing them
with pen must be equally difficult. Just see the depth Fraz has given in each
portrait.

These
are various paintings of Waheed Murad and that of Noor Jehan’s by various artists.

The
green background in the picture above is a wall which was especially painted to
hang old video cassettes that have been used to paint on. Creativity surely has
no limit to itself.

Considering,
watercolour is a very difficult medium and you need a really trained hand to
play around with watercolours, artist Firdous Siddique has done a marvellous
job with her presentation below. ‘We always like to memorise our older days
which energise us to move forward,’ she has mentioned.

Following are some other paintings and art works that were really a great sight to look at.

Rameez Rehman, Title: Lens of Critic
Medium: Wood on convex mirror

And since you might be wondering about the entire team behind all this: